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This is a list of the world's busiest container seaports.

Contents 1 2005 (preliminary) 2 2004 3 2003 4 2002 5 References 6 See also

[edit] 2005 (preliminary)

Rank	Port	Country	TEUs(000s)	+/- from 2004	% change from 2004
1	Singapore	Singapore	23,200	1,900	8.19
2	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	22,430	500	2.28
3	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	18,090	3,536	24.30
4	Shenzhen	People's Republic of China	16,200	2,540	19.00
5	Busan	South Korea	11,840	349	2.95
6	Kaohsiung	Taiwan (Republic of China)	9,471	-239	-2.46
7	Rotterdam	Netherlands	9,300	1,000	12.05
8	Hamburg	Germany	8,086	1,084	13.40
9	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	7,619	1,190	15.63
10	Los Angeles	United States of America	7,485	164	2.19
11	Long Beach	United States of America	6,710	930	13.85
12	Antwerp	Belgium	6,488	424	6.54
13	Qingdao	People's Republic of China	6,307	1,168	18.52
14	Port Kelang	Malaysia	5,544	299	5.39
15	Ningbo	People's Republic of China	5,208	1,203	23.09
16	Tianjin	People's Republic of China	4,801	987	20.58
17	New York/New Jersey	United States of America	4,793	315	6.57
18	Tanjung Pelepas	Malaysia	4,169	149	3.57
19	Laem Chabang	Thailand	3,766	142	3.77
20	Tokyo	Japan	3,594	14	0.04

[edit] 2004

Rank	Port	Country	TEUs(000s)	+/- from 2003	% change from 2003
1	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	21,984	1,485	7.24
2	Singapore	Singapore	21,329	2,918	15.85
3	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	14,557	3,277	29.05
4	Shenzhen	People's Republic of China	13,615	3,000	28.26
5	Busan	South Korea	11,430	1,022	9.82
6	Kaohsiung	Taiwan (Republic of China)	9,714	871	9.85
7	Rotterdam	Netherlands	8,281	1,174	16.52
8	Los Angeles	United States	7,321	172	2.41
9	Hamburg	Germany	7,003	865	14.10
10	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	6,429	1,277	24.78
11	Antwerp	Belgium	6,064	619	11.36
12	Long Beach	United States	5,780	1,122	24.08
13	Klang	Malaysia	5,244	404	8.34
14	Qingdao	People's Republic of China	5,140	901	21.25
15	New York/New Jersey	United States	4,478	410	10.09
16	Tanjung Pelepas	Malaysia	4,020	533	15.30
17	Ningbo	People's Republic of China	4,006	1,234	44.50
18	Tianjin	People's Republic of China	3,814	799	26.50
19	Tanjung Priok	Indonesia	3,597	839	30.43
20	Laem Chabang	Thailand	3,529	348	10.94
21	Bremen/Bremerhaven	Germany	3,469	279	8.75
22	Tokyo	Japan	3,358	44	1.33
23	Guangzhou	People's Republic of China	3,308	546	19.78
24	Gioia Tauro	Italy	3,261	112	3.56
25	Algeciras	Spain	2,937	421	16.75
26	Yantian	People's Republic of China	2,872
27	Yokohama	Japan	2,505	140	5.92
28	Manila	Philippines	2,552	90	3.66
29	Felixstowe	United Kingdom	2,675	175	7.00
30	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	2,426	649	36.52
31	Jawaharlal Nehru	India	2,361	92	4.05
32	Salalah	Oman	2,229	229	11.43
33	Colombo	Sri Lanka	2,221	262	13.35
34	Dalian	People's Republic of China	2,211	541	32.41
35	Kobe	Japan	2,177	131	6.39
36	Nagoya	Japan	2,155	81	3.93
37	Valencia	Spain	2,145	152	7.64
38	Le Havre	France	2,132	155	7.83
39	Keelung	Taiwan (Republic of China)	2,070	69	3.46
40	Oakland	United States	2,043	120	6.25
41	Osaka	Japan	2,009	399	24.79
42	Hampton Roads	United States	1,982	336	20.41
43	Melbourne	Australia	1,910	189	11.00
44	Barcelona	Spain	1,883	237	14.35
45	Santos (São Paulo)	Brazil	1,883
46	Charleston	United States	1,864	173	10.23
47	Khor Fakkan	United Arab Emirates	1,819
48	Tacoma	United States	1,798	60	3.43
49	Seattle	United States	1,776
50	Durban	South Africa	1,717

[edit] 2003

Rank	Port	Country	TEUs(000s)	+/- from 2002	% change from 2002
1	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	20,499	1,355	7.08
2	Singapore	Singapore	18,411	1,470	8.68
3	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	11,280	2,660	30.86
4	Shenzhen	People's Republic of China	10,615	3,001	39.41
5	Busan	South Korea	10,408	972	10.30
6	Kaohsiung	Taiwan (Republic of China)	8,843	350	4.12
7	Los Angeles	United States	7,149	1,043	17.08
8	Rotterdam	Netherlands	7,107	592	9.09
9	Hamburg	Germany	6,138	764	14.22
10	Antwerp	Belgium	5,445	668	13.98
11	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	5,152	958	22.84
12	Klang	Malaysia	4,840	307	6.77
13	Long Beach	United States	4,658	134	2.96
14	Qingdao	People's Republic of China	4,239	829	24.31
15	New York/New Jersey	United States	4,068	319	8.51
16	Tanjung Pelepas	Malaysia	3,487	827	31.09
17	Tokyo	Japan	3,314	602	22.20
18	Bremen/Bremerhaven	Germany	3,190	158	5.21
19	Laem Chabang	Thailand	3,181	524	19.72
20	Gioia Tauro	Italy	3,149	195	6.60
21	Tianjin	People's Republic of China	3,015	605	25.10
22	Ningbo	People's Republic of China	2,772	912	49.03
23	Guangzhou	People's Republic of China	2,762	582	26.70
24	Tanjung Priok	Indonesia	2,758	78	2.91
25	Manila	Philippines	2,552	90	3.66
26	Algeciras	Spain	2,516	282	12.62
27	Yokohama	Japan	2,505	140	5.92
28	Felixstowe	United Kingdom	2,500	-250	-9.09
29	Xiamen	People's Republic of China	2,331	581	33.20
30	Jawaharlal Nehru	India	2,269	302	15,35
31	Nagoya	Japan	2,074	147	7.63
32	Kobe	Japan	2,046	53	2.66
33	Keelung	Taiwan (Republic of China)	2,001	82	4.27
34	Salalah	Oman	2,000
35	Valencia	Spain	1,993	172	9.45
36	Le Havre	France	1,977	257	14.94
37	Colombo	Sri Lanka	1,959	194	10.99
38	Oakland	United States	1,923	215	12.59
39	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	1,777	410	29.99
40	Tacoma	United States	1,738	267	18.15
41	Melbourne	Australia	1,721	121	7.56
42	Charleston	United States	1,691	98	6.15
43	Dalian	People's Republic of China	1,670
44	San Juan	United States	1,666
45	Barcelona	Spain	1,652	191	13.07
46	Hampton Roads	United States	1,646	208	14.46
47	Osaka	Japan	1,610	95	6.27
48	Genoa	Italy	1,606	75	4.90
49	Piraeus	Greece	1,605	200	14.23
50	Tanjung Perak	Indonesia	1,575	157	11.07

[edit] 2002

Rank	Port	Country	TEUs(000s)
1	Hong Kong	People's Republic of China	19,144
2	Singapore	Singapore	16,941
3	Busan	South Korea	9,436
4	Shanghai	People's Republic of China	8,620
5	Kaohsiung	Taiwan (Republic of China)	8,493
6	Shenzhen	People's Republic of China	7,614
7	Rotterdam	Netherlands	6,515
8	Los Angeles	United States	6,106
9	Hamburg	Germany	5,374
10	Antwerp	Belgium	4,777
11	Klang	Malaysia	4,533
12	Long Beach	United States	4,524
13	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	4,194
14	Yantian	People's Republic of China	4,181
15	New York/New Jersey	United States	3,749
16	Qingdao	People's Republic of China	3,410
17	Bremen/Bremerhaven	Germany	3,032
18	Gioia Tauro	Italy	2,954
19	Felixstowe	United Kingdom	2,750
20	Tokyo	Japan	2,712
21	Tanjung Priok	Indonesia	2,680
22	Tanjung Pelepas	Malaysia	2,660
23	Laem Chabang	Thailand	2,657
24	Manila	Philippines	2,462
25	Tianjin	People's Republic of China	2,410
26	Yokohama	Japan	2,365
27	Algeciras	Spain	2,234
28	Guangzhou	People's Republic of China	2,180
29	Kobe	Japan	1,993
30	Jawaharlal Nehru	India	1,967
31	Nagoya	Japan	1,927
32	Keelung	Taiwan (Republic of China)	1,919
33	Ningbo	People's Republic of China	1,860
34	Valencia	Spain	1,821
35	Colombo	Sri Lanka	1,765
36	Xiamen	People's Republic of China	1,750
37	Le Havre	France	1,720
38	Oakland	United States	1,708
39	Melbourne	Australia	1,600
40	Charleston	United States	1,593
41	Genoa	Italy	1,531
42	Osaka	Japan	1,515
43	Tacoma	United States	1,471
44	Barcelona	Spain	1,461
45	Vancouver	Canada	1,458
46	Seattle	United States	1,439
47	Hampton Roads	United States	1,438
48	Tanjung Perak	Indonesia	1,418
49	Piraeus	Greece	1,405
50	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	1,367

Note: Yantian is a container terminal in Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.

[edit] References

• Hamburg Port Authority Rankings 2005
• AAPA World Port Rankings 2004
• AAPA World Port Rankings 2003
• AAPA World Port Rankings 2002

[edit] See also

• World's busiest port by cargo tonnage
• World's busiest port by shipping tonnage
• World's busiest transshipment port
• World's busiest bunkering port
• World's busiest port by cargo value
• World's busiest port by area
• List of seaports